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From Restriction to closure of public space in Egypt Egyptian Government Clamps Down on Rights Groups, Seeking their Eradication

2015Cairo Institute For Human Rights StudiesCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsHuman RightsPaperUnknown
May 04, 2015 05:52 am
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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=14940&lang=en The undersigned organizations utterly reject and condemn the increasingly aggressive actions taken by the Egyptian government and the investigating bodies against civil society, especially rights groups. We believe the goal of these measures is to slowly strangle the...

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A Return to the Mubarak System

2015Ahmed MorsyCarnegieCasper WuiteDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptJudicial AffairsPaper
April 21, 2015 03:39 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Ahmed Morsy, Casper Wuite Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/59856 On April 15, the Egyptian Cabinet approved amendments to Egypt’s electoral law, articles of which had been deemed unconstitutional last month. After a year of continued unrest, the parliamentary elections, originally slated for March 21, were expected to restore Egypt’s body...

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Egypt’s Nationalists Dominate in a Politics-Free Zone

2015CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsMichele DunnePaper
April 15, 2015 05:56 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/04/15/egypt-s-nationalists-dominate-in-politics-free-zone-pub-59764 Snapshot: Egypt’s political scene has changed radically from the vigorous pluralism that followed the 2011 uprising; in 2015 the Islamist and secular groups that won those elections are excluded or marginalized. Nationalists...

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A Delayed Transition: Egypt’s Suspended Elections

2015Ahmed MorsyDemocracy and PoliticsMiddle East InstitutePaper
April 07, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Ahmed Morsy Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/delayed-transition-egypt%E2%80%99s-suspended-elections In March, Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court suspended the country’s long-awaited parliamentary elections,[1] originally scheduled to begin March 21. The decision came as a result of a March 1 ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC)...

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Keeping Egypt’s Lights On

2015Alfred JasinsBrendan MeighanCarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyPaper
March 31, 2015 05:54 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Brendan Meighan, Alfred Jasins Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/59594 After years of doing little to rectify Egypt’s energy and electricity troubles, the government has finally moved to pursue sustainability. Energy demand, fueled by government subsidies, had for years outpaced domestic production. This has led to a large subsidy bill...

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TACKLING EGYPT’S TRANSFORMATIONAL CHALLENGES

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyGeorgeta VidicanGerman Development InstitutePaperYasser Sherif
March 30, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Georgeta Vidican, Yasser Sherif Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/tackling-egypts-transformational-challenges/ Bonn, Cairo, 30 March 2015. From 13-15 March 2015 the Egyptian government organized a major international event, the “Egypt Economic Development Conference”, aimed at repositioning the country on the...

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Missed Opportunity: The Politics of Police Reform in Egypt and Tunisia

2015CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperYezid Sayigh
March 17, 2015 03:46 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/03/17/missed-opportunity-politics-of-police-reform-in-egypt-and-tunisia-pub-59391 Snapshot: Police forces and security agencies genuinely accountable to democratically elected civilian authorities have not emerged in either Egypt or Tunisia four years after popular uprisings forced the countries’...

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Built on Sand: Egypt’s Questionable Strategy for Growth and Development

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyGerman Institute For Security And International AffairsMatthias SeilerPaperStephan Roll
March 15, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: German Institute For Security and Counter-Terrorism And International Affairs Author(s): Dr. Stephan Roll, Matthias Seiler Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypts-questionable-strategy-for-growth-and-development/ The Egypt Economic Development Conference staged at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh from 13 to 15 March will showcase the country’s investment...

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Egypt’s Elections on Pause

2015Democracy and PoliticsMay El-SadanyNathan J. BrownPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
March 06, 2015 05:56 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-elections-on-pause/ With so many provisions littering Egypt’s legal landscape (many of which contain broad language and allow various bodies wide discretion), Egypt manages to combine a legalistic order with an uncertain one.  Senior officials...

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Sisi’s Parliamentary Fears

2015CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsJudicial AffairsMohamed El-ShewyPaper
March 06, 2015 05:54 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed El-Shewy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/59276 On March 1, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that Article 3 of the electoral law was unconstitutional. Two days later, the Administrative Court suspended the elections pending a change in the electoral law. This suspension plays into President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s hands, as...

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Under Threat: Egypt’s Systematic Campaign against NGOs

2015Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsHuman RightsPaperPomedTodd Ruffner
March 01, 2015 05:52 am
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Source: Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy Author(s): Todd Ruffner Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-publications/under-threat-egypts-ngo-community/ Summary: Egypt’s January 2011 Revolution brought with it a hope that the nation’s civil society would be able to work free of oppression, intimidation, and harassment for the first time in its history. A democratic transition would...

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Policing Football in Times of Exception

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKarim Medhat EnnarahPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 24, 2015 03:37 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Karim Medhat Ennarah Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/policing-football-in-times-of-exception/ On February 8, 2015, at least 19 fans died while waiting to enter the Air Defense Stadium for the match between Zamalek and ENPPI – it was the first Egyptian league game to allow spectators, albeit a small number, after...

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